Scenes from a Marriage

Me (catching a glimpse of my reflection in the airport tram windows): Crap. I look like I drank too much last night, slept poorly, got up at 5:30 am, and hit a deer on the way to the airport, don’t I? (which is exactly what happened)

Him (pause, panicked look, followed by emphatic head-shaking): Noooooooooooo. You look great.

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Minerva Cheevy is a biologist who runs an interdisciplinary research center at a large university. For about four weeks a year, she lives in the mountains and chases birds all over the place, trying to collect data. For the other 11 months, she lives in an office and chases faculty all over the place, trying to collect data..

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